Bill Detail
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (murder of an intimate partner, one's own child or an intimate partner's child)
The enactment amends the Criminal Code to classify the murder of an intimate partner, one's own child or an intimate partner's child as first degree murder.
✦ AI Summary
This bill, S-255, proposes to change the Criminal Code of Canada. It aims to automatically classify the murder of an intimate partner, one's own child, or an intimate partner's child as first-degree murder. This classification would apply regardless of whether the act was planned and deliberate.
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Legislative Timeline
2022-11-02
First reading
✦ AIBill proposed classifying intimate partner/child murder as first-degree murder.
Current
Second reading (Senate)
✦ AISenate debated the bill's core proposal regarding murder classification.